English 90 Description Essay Assignment
- Carefully choose a subject (such as a person, place, object or event) to
describe.
- Write a focused, descriptive essay using approaches from three different academic
disciplines using unique and precise detail.
- Look through your essay and carefully consider what
point you are trying to make about the person, place,
object or event and make sure all detail is connected to
the point and that the point is clear to the reader.
- Then look through the essay and see if more detail is
needed to make the point.
- Title the essay with a title that captures the unique
essence of the essay.
- Now look through your essay (and have others do the same)
and make sure you have used precise, descriptive adverbs
and adjectives and active (rather than passive) verbs.
- Type Description Essay2 to 4 pages double
spacedwith the following heading:
Your Name
Sean's English 90
Quarter Year
Description Essay
- Fill out Description Evaluation completely (including
number of points earned and precise, detailed reasons why
points are deserved).
- Staple all pages togetherbefore coming to
classand turn in on _________.